Company press releases — Energy and climate

Modrá pyramida building society, part of the Komerční banka group, launched an interest-free home loan on 2 November 2026 under the New Green Savings programme. Owners of family houses can borrow up to CZK 2 million at 0% interest with repayment periods of up to 15 years for energy-efficient renovations.

The fDrive.cz portal reports that rising fuel prices combined with battery improvements are changing the cost balance between combustion and electric vehicles. According to founder Martin Pultzner, sales of used electric cars have more than doubled year-on-year, while new EV sales are up about 15 percent. New models reportedly consume 13 to 16 kWh per 100 kilometers and can travel over 400 kilometers on a single charge at highway speeds of 130 km/h.

Energy firm bezDodavatele reported that in its portfolio, 488 electricity producers generated 498 megawatt-hours of surplus power in August 2026. More than a quarter of that, exactly 132 megawatt-hours or 26.5 percent, went directly to family members, cottages or neighbours instead of being sold back to the grid.

According to a survey by energy supplier epet energie, 60% of Czechs expect energy prices to rise, the highest share in two years and a sharp jump from last year's 49%. Only 7% expect prices to fall, down from 15% a year ago. Roughly one in seven respondents plans to switch supplier, while more than three-quarters are not considering it at all.

The Czech Energy Association and the Chamber of Commerce have launched modulreaktor.cz, a portal listing Rolls-Royce SMR tenders for supplies to its small modular reactors; ten have been published so far. The contracts cover not only projects in Czechia but the whole fleet planned in Britain and Europe, and Rolls-Royce SMR is to choose its main suppliers by the end of 2027. Firms must register directly with Rolls-Royce SMR, the associations check their basic eligibility and ČEZ passes the information on; Rolls-Royce SMR makes the choice.

Since the start of the year the ČEZ group has put five photovoltaic plants with a combined 23 MWp into operation: Nákladka, Vajmanka, Chladící věže, Vlečka and Osek u Rokycan. By the end of the year the installed capacity of its solar plants should approach 240 MWp; for 2027 and 2028 the company announces hundreds more megawatts, some combined with batteries. It builds mainly on brownfields and industrial sites where a grid connection and infrastructure already exist. It plans to put up to 40 billion crowns into zero-emission sources by 2030.

A survey of 300 local authorities in spring 2026: 73 % of towns and villages feel the effects of climate change strongly or partly, but only 11 % have a finished water management strategy and 84 % admit they have no comprehensive plan. Against the 2023 measurement, preparedness has not materially improved.

ČEZ and the Slovenian firm Litostroj are testing a turbine model for a plant meant to be built at Orlík after 2033 and to become the country's fourth large pumped storage facility.